Fishing-reel.



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FISHING REEL.

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NITED STATES 'PATENT WILLIAM TRABUE, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOROF THREE-FIFTHS TO ALVAI-I L. TERRY AND RICHARD TRABUE, OF SAME PLACE.

FISHING-REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming' part 0f Letters Patent N0. 669,332, dated March5, 1901. Application filed December 8, 1900. Serial No. 39,183- (NOmodel-l T all whom, it 11m/y concern:

Be it known that LWILLIAM TRABUE, residing at Louisville, in the countyof Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Fishing- Reels, of which the following is a specication,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to fishing-rods and 1o reels therefor.

The objects of the invention are to produce a 5 reel in which thewinding-spool shall surround or be parallel with the rod instead oftransverse thereto and'in which the spool shall be i5 turned to wind orreel in the line by the reciprocation of some part of the rod or handlein the direction of the length of the rod; also, to improve theWinding-gearing and adapt it to this arrangement of spool; also, toimprove 2o the casing and to reduce the casing to convenient form andsize, so'that when carried in the hand or in a bag there is noconsiderable projection, thus enabling the rod and reel to be packed insmall compass; also, to improve the drag, line-laying mechanism, and

other parts of the mechanism.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the portion of the rod in which the reeland winding mechanism are iuclosed, and Fig. 2 a front end 3o view ofthe reel-casing. Fig. 3 is a top plan, partly broken away, of the handleend of rod and casing. Fig. 4 is a rear end view of the casing. Fig. 5is a longitudinal section of the inner reelcasing; Fig. 6, an elevation;Fig.

7, a front end View of the same. Fig. 8 is a vertical longitudinalsection of the casing, showing reel and reel-winding mechanism inelevation, partly broken away, and reel in winding position. Fig. 9 is ahorizontal lon- 4o gitudinal section of casing and gearing, showingclutch detached. Fig. 10 is a detail view of the winding-gears andframe; Fig. 1l, a cross-section of winding-gears. Figs. 12 and 13 aredetails of gear ratchet-and-pawl mechauism looking from the middleoutward in each case.

The reference-numeral 1 indicates the core of the fishing-rod, or it maybe the rod itself, but is preferably attached to any of the usual formsof iieXible or elastic tips. The rod 1 is attached to a hand-grip 2, soas to be reciprocated thereby.

The rod 1 has a rack 3 at one side, onif the rod be a tube, as shown inFig. b, the rack 3 may be secured inside thereof, with the teethopposite slot 4 in the tube. The rack engages a pinion 5, rigid withsleeve 6, which sleeve acts as a shaft and is supported on a pin orbearing reaching across the frame 7. The cross sleeve or shaft 6 carriespinions 8 and 9, 6o free to rotate on the sleeve or shaft, each having apawl 10. The pawls 10 are in position to engage ratchets 11 and 12, maderigid with the shaft 6 and facing in opposite directions. Thus thereciprocation of the rack 3 -in the 65 direction of its length rotatespinion 5 and shaft 6. As shaft 6 rotates in one direction it causespinion 11 to turn, while pinion 12 is free, and a reverse movement ofthe rack reverses the movement of said pinions through 7o thepawl-and-ratchetengagement. Such a mechanical movement is common.

Pinions 8 and 9 have engagement with pinions 15 and 16, supported onsuitable bearings in frame 7 and each having a bevel-gear, as 75 17 and18, made integral or rigid therewith. Both these bevel-gears engage abevel-gear 20, l but at opposite sides of its center. Bevelgear 2O iscarried on a sleeve 21, surrounding rod 1 and free to rotate on the rod,which re- 8o ciprocates through said sleeve. From this it Will beunderstood that the reciprocation of rod 1 with reference to shaft 6causes the sleeve 21 to rotate always in the same direction whether thelongitudinal. movement of rod 1 be long or short.

Sleeve 21 carries a clutch member 22 at its lower face-that is, the facetoward handle 2. Acorrespondiug clutch member 23 is attached to orintegral with spool 24, on which the line 9o is wound. Spool 24 has itsbearings on sleeve 25, through which rod 1 slides freely. Sleeve 25forms a basis of support for the inner casing 30, the casing being heldto the sleeve by spring-catch 29 or in other suitable manner. 95

Inner casing 30 supports a drag 31, which is a bar pivoted `to casing 30and having a friction-piece 32 in position to bear on hub 33 of thespool. The drag-bar is itself a spring or is held up by a spring 34, soas to be Ioo out of engagement with hub 33. A pin or thu mb-piece 35extends through a slot in casing 30. Pressure on this thumb-piece bringsthe bearing end 32 of the drag-bar down on the hub 33 of the spool, thusapplying friction to the spool and preventing the running out of theline too easily.

The outer casing 40 is of an approximately Oval form, while the innercasing is nearly cylindrical for a part of its length, but has a pocketor odset 36 at its lower side and for- Ward end, this pocket and thecylinder producing a form of outline in cross-section like that ofcasing 40, but enough smaller to enter Within the same.

Outer casing or cover 40 has one end closed, except as this end has ahole 4l, which surrounds sleeve 77, which sleeve is rigid with frame-7and surrounds rod l. The cover 40 has a spring-catch 43, which can snapinto a hole in sleeve 77 and so hold casing 40 against longitudinalmovement relatively to sleeve 77. Thus the casing 40 and sleeve 77 areheld together when spring-catch 43 is engaged with said sleeve.

Cover 40 telescopes over the .end of cover 30. Near the end in cover 40there is an oblique slot 44, opening to the end of the cover. A ring 38,surrounding the cover 30, has an in Wardly-projecting pin 39, whichenters the slot 44 in the outer casing. By turning the ring 38 the pin3f) is made to engage the oblique slot 44, so as to draw the cover-piece40 more or less over the cover-piece 30. Now as sleeve 25 and spool 24are held to cover-piece 30 by the catch 29 and as the sleeve 77 andframe 7, carrying the gearing, are held to the cover-piece 40 by catch43 it follows that the drawing together or separation of the cover-Sections by the action of the ring 38 (or otherwise) causes the clutchmembers 22 and 23 to become engaged or disengaged. Thus the telescopicmovement of one cover-piece on the other couples or uncouples theWindinggear with the spool.

The ring 38 is close to the projection 35, which controls t-he drag. Theoperator, with one hand grasping the handle 2 and the other graspingcover 40, has his thumb or ngers in position to turn ring 3S, and thusuncouple'the Winding-gear and at the same time bear in projection 35 towork the drag.

To insure the even spooling of the line, a traveler reciprocates alongguide-bar 51 and guides the line to the spool. As shown in Fig. 8, thetraveler 50 carries a small pulley or line-guide 52, and the line whichenters the casing at 49 extends through suitable supports and throughsaid guide 52 to the spool.

The guide-bar 51 is supported at one end in abracket 53, rigid withframe 7, and at the other end enters an opening in the wall of pocket 36of cover-piece 30. The guide-bar can thus move out and in with referenceto pocket 36 when the clutch is uncoupled or coupled, but all the timeserves as a support for traveler 50. Traveler 50 is connected by pitman53 with a cran k-pin or Wrist-pin on a traveler-moving worm-Wheel 54.This Worm- Wheel 54 is journaled to frame 7 and is driven by a Worm onshaft 55, which is supported in bearings on the same frame. Theworm-shaft 55 carries a small pinion 56, rigid therewith. From thenature of the engagement. of the Worm and Wheel the parts will remain atrest save when the worm-shaft is driven.

Asegment 57 on sleeve 2l oron clutch member 22 has teeth enough toengage and turn pinion 56 so far with each revolution of sleeve 2l asma;7 be needed to turn the Worm-shaft a whole or partialtu rn, andthereby move the worm-Wheel 54, which by its pitman 53 draws or pushesthe traveler 50 along the guide-bar 5l, and thus lays the line smoothly,coil on coil, on the spool. The hal E-rotation of worm- Wheel 54 movesthe traveler the length of the spool,and the next half-rotation carriesthe traveler and line-guide hack along the guidebar, so as to lay theyline in smooth spirals on the spool.

The wrist-pin of the worm-wheel is shown as projectinga little beyondthe periplieryot the Wheel, and the fra|ne-bars are shown notched topermit the passage of segment 57. These are mere incidents coming withinordinary mechanical skill.

The cover-section 40 can be engaged by means of clasp 43 with sleeve 77.Vhen disengaged from said sleeve and from the ring 3S, the cover-section40 can be moved along on rod l, thus giving access t0 all th e gearingwhich is inclosed by said cover 40 and notl by cover 30. In like mannerthe disengagement of catch 29 permits the endwise movement of cover 30with reference to the spool.

A butter-spring 60 may be interposed between the handle 2 and the casing30, so as to prevent jar and cause a quick reversal of movement.

The entire casing is of a size and shape to be conveniently grasped byone hand of the operator, and the other hand grasping handle 2 givescomplete control ot' the rod for the operation of casting, reeling, oruncoupling of the Winding-gear.

I have described the mechanism as actually constructed and in the bestform now known to me; but I do not in many instances limit my claims tothe precise construction as shown and described, as it is evident thatsome of the features of the invention are generically new and thatclaims limited to the specific form shown would not fairly protect myinvention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In combination with a reciprocating rod having a longitudinal rack,an inclosing casing surrounding the rod and containing a spool with itsaxis parallel with the rod, gears inclosed in the casing and engagingthe rack and spool, to rotate the spool by the recipro- IOO IIO

cation of the rack, and a handle connected to the rod, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a fishing-reel, an inclosing casing surrounding and extendinglengthwise of the rod, a spool within said casing, the rod passingaxially through the spool and casing, and a train of gears inclosed bythe casing and operatively engaging the spool and rod substantially asdescribed, whereby the longitudinal movement of the rod actuates thespool to wind the same.

3. In combination with a fishing rod, a frame supported thereon throughwhich the rod may reciprocate in direction of its length, a rack carriedby the rod, and a cross-shaft having bearings in the frame and a'pinionengaging the rack, pinions on said shaft at opposite sides of the rackand having clutch engagement with the shaft in reverse directions,intermediate pinions in train with such clutchdriven pinions andcarrying bevel-gears, and a bevel-pinion in gear with both saidbevelgears and operatively connected with'a winding-spool, whereby thereciprocation of the rod winds the spool in one direction only,substantially as described.

4. In a fishing-reel, the combination of the rod having a rack, a trainof gears engaging the rack and driven thereby, a spool. journaled on therod and in train with said gears by means of a clutch, and a two-partcasing, one part inclosing the spool and one clutch member, the otherpart inclosing the gears and the other clutch member, so that theclosing of the casing-sections brings the train and clutch intooperative engagement, substantially as described.

5. In a shing-reel, the combination with the rod and train of gearsactuated thereby, of a two-part casing, one part containing a spool,drag, and one clutch member, the other part containing a train ot gearsand the other clutch member, and means for retaining the casing-sectionsin a more or less closed relation, so that the clutch may be held in orout of engagement thereby, all substantially as described.

6. In combination with a shing-rod,a train of gears having operativeengagement with the rod, and a clutch member connected thereto, aninclosing casing-section having an inclined coupling-notch, a secondcasing-section inclosing the reel, which reel carries a clutch member,the cover sections closing telescopically, the second section having amovable sleeve with a projection in position to engage the inclinednotch of the first casing-section, all substantially as described.

7. In combination with a tishing-rod,a spool arranged longitudinally ofsaid rod, and a train ot gears engaging the rod and spool so that thelongitudinal reciprocation of one part shall drive the other, a travelerdriven by the gears and clasping the line, to lay the same smoothly onthe spool, substantially as described.

8. In combination with a shing-rod,a spool journaled thereon andextending lengthwise thereof, a train of gears in train with the rod andspool substantially as described, a guidebar lengthwise of the spool anda traveler moving thereon to lay the line, a travelermoving wheel andcrank-pin connected by pitman to the traveler, and a segment-pinion inthe spool-driving train engaging the traveler-moving wheel throughintermediates, substantially as described.

9. In a fishing-reel, the combination of the rod and a spool having itsaxis on the rod, a train of gearing engaging the rod and spool to rotatethe spool by reciprocation of the rod, a guide-bar extending in thedirection of the length of the spool and a traveler moving thereon, asegmental pinion in the train of the spool-d riving gear, a worm-shaftintermittingly driven thereby, and a worm-wheel driven from said shaftand having pitman connection to the traveler, all substantially asdescribed.

10. In a iishing-reel, the combination of the rod, spool, and train ofgears whereby the spool is driven by the reciprocation of the rod, asegment-pinion in the spool-driving train, a traveler and line-guide,and a train of driving mechanism intermediate the traveler and segmentgear, whereby the segment gear moves the traveler and line-guideintermittingly as the spool rotates, to lay the line smoothly on thespool, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

`WILLIAM TRABUE.

Witnesses:

ROBERT L. PAGE, CLAUDE W. Soo'rT.

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